Whenever anyone asks me “How would I keep up on the events in the Portland tech scene?” I always blurt out two things immediately. The first thing I mention is Upcoming, the social event sharing service currently owned by Yahoo! that was started by Andy Baio who now resides in Portland. There’s a ton of Portland event goodness on there.

The second? Well, that’s Calagator, the home grown open source tech calendar that allows folks to post events directly—or slurp events over from other services like Upcoming. I mean, it’s a calendar aggregator. Calendar aggregator. Calagator. Get it? Hello? Tap tap tap. Is this thing on?

In any case, it’s become apparent that the serve Calagator provides is so valuable, that other communities are using the code base to create their own tech calendars. Most notably, it’s been adopted by other Oregon towns like Corvallis and Bend.

Maybe you already know everything you want to about Calagator. It is pretty easy to use, after all. But perhaps after over two years of it being out in Portland’s tech community (as well as communities around the world), there are a few things you’d like to know. Post your questions in the comments and we’ll do our best to answer them here on the blog.

Share this:

Published by Rick Turoczy

More than mildly obsessed with the Portland startup community. Founder and editor at Silicon Florist. Cofounder and general manager at PIE. Follow me on Twitter: @turoczy
View all posts by Rick Turoczy

Here’s the comment I just left on their site: I use Upcoming or Eventbrite so that I can manage RSVPs for a variety of free events… I know that you guys [the Calagator team] have been working on the feature for a while; it’s really the one reason why I don’t pay much attention to Calagator at this point. While I’d love to support the local guy, I need the features that the non-local guy has :/

Comments are closed.

Get the best (or maybe least worst) of Silicon Florist

Every Friday, I'll gather up the best articles, events, and jobs. Then I'll hand deliver them to your inbox for you to partake at your leisure.